Patents Assigned to AND, LLC
  • Smart load-based deployment and tuning of narrowband carriers
    Patent number: 10743313
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device providing network communications services to user devices using a frequency band and to machine-to-machine (M2M) communication devices in the Internet of Things (IoT). The device monitors traffic loads in the frequency band due to the user devices and due to the M2M communication devices. Depending on the traffic loads, the M2M communication devices use a narrowband carrier within the frequency band, within the adjacent guard band, or separate from the frequency band and guard band as a standalone carrier. The narrowband M2M carriers are dynamically deployed to support the user devices and IoT devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ye Chen, Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak
  • Leg pad for a hockey player
    Patent number: 10737168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a leg pad for a hockey player. The leg pad extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an upper portion, a bottom portion and a band. The upper portion has a knee cap for covering a knee joint of the player. The bottom portion has an upper shell for covering a substantial part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering the shin and ankle of the hockey player. The band extends along part of a periphery of the upper shell and part of a periphery of the lower shell. The band interconnects the upper shell and the lower shell to one another wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in response to flexion of the ankle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLC
    Inventors: Mathieu Contant, Jean-Francois Laperriere, Marco Beauregard, Marie-Claude Genereux
  • Valve assembly with directional flow path
    Patent number: 10738900
    Abstract: A valve assembly with a multidirectional flow path includes a valve body that includes respective hinged portions defining respective passageways extending through the valve body when in a closed state. A flexible conduit or tubing having a loop portion and a plurality of branches extending from the loop portion is at least partially positioned within the valve body. Portions of the loop that extend beyond the valve body are encapsulated by respective rigid jackets. Multiple valves are situated on the valve body and are used to selectively pinch the loop portion in different pinching configurations to direct fluid to or from the particular branches. The valve assembly may be integrated into a manufacturing or other production process with optional additional jackets used to encapsulate the flexible conduit branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHINITY, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Gagne, Steven V. Cates, Dean C. Richards, Scott Bendon
  • Seamless integration of radio broadcast audio with streaming audio
    Patent number: 10742338
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a music service that enables consumers listen to a broadcast radio station without commercials. The service operates by shifting the source channel of a radio from the broadcast radio to a streaming audio service for the duration of the commercial. In some embodiments, the service utilizes any of: a radio including native firmware/software, a mobile device such as a smart phone executing an application, cooperative integration of a radio and a mobile device, or master/slave relationship between a mobile device and a radio. The mobile device listens to the radio broadcast and determines when to shift between the radio broadcast and the streaming audio via any of audio fingerprint analysis, radio station behavioral analysis, radio station metadata, and/or radio station voice recognition analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Clip Interactive, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thramann, Peter Shoebridge, Ben Good
  • Flashwick firestarter
    Patent number: 10738257
    Abstract: A firestarter formed from fibrous material and wax supports one or more logs thereon and is used to start a fire. The firestarter includes a body with an upper surface, a lower surface, a length dimension extending between a pair of opposing lateral sides, and a width dimension extending between a pair of opposing front and rear sides defining an periphery of the body. The body of the firestarter includes at least one aperture extending between the lower surface and the upper surface of the body and log supports configured to support at least one log. At least one air inlet is located on the lower surface and at least one flashwick channel extends inwardly from the periphery of the body along the lower surface connecting the air inlet and at least one aperture to define an air channel. It is contemplated that the firestarter may be bundled with logs in a kit for distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: WHITE RABBIT LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Hilger, Michael J. Gehl
  • System and method for fluid flow measurement and control
    Patent number: 10736280
    Abstract: System and method for controlling an irrigation system using feedback from flow meters installed in an irrigation system are described. The systems and method allows for automatic detection of the number of flow meters and their relation to controls valves attached to an irrigation system and for precise and reliable fluid flow measurements. Typical water flows for the system are learned and then compared to current water flows to detect water leaks (i.e., high water flow), malfunctioning control valves and/or low water flow and subsequently trigger electronic alerts to the user when system malfunctions are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HOT SOCKETT, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony O'Dell, Paul Christopher Dorsey
  • Status-indicating cylindrical lock assembly
    Patent number: 10738507
    Abstract: An exemplary status-indicating locking assembly includes a cylindrical lock assembly and a status-indicating assembly. The status-indicating assembly includes a sensor configured to sense the status of the cylindrical lock assembly, a transmission configured to communicate the lock status to at least one side of a door, and an indicator configured to display indicia relating to the lock status on the at least one side of the door. In certain forms, the sensor, transmission, and indicator may be electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, magnetic, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Subbiah Gopalakrishnan, Kevin Earl David, Kenton Hayes Barker, Shell Bieker, Daniel J. Compton, Brandon Robinson, Snehill Solanki, Greg Hebner, Bill Massey, Samir M. Tamer
  • Systems and methods for applying a shortcut to a streaming media channel
    Patent number: 10743074
    Abstract: A method for applying a shortcut to a streaming multimedia channel is described. The method includes receiving a request from an application of a portable device to generate an auto access identifier (ID) to a media channel that is currently being rendered on a main display. The request is associated with a user account and used by a streaming interface to facilitate rendering of the media channel. The method further includes identifying the media channel currently being rendered and user login data used to access the user account. The method includes generating control data for the auto access ID. The auto access ID is usable to instruct the streaming interface to return to the media channel at a later point in time. The method includes sending the auto access ID, by the streaming interface, to the application of the portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Megumi Kikuchi
  • Method and apparatus for communicating a HARQ-ACK feedback on an uplink control channel
    Patent number: 10743339
    Abstract: A lack of a valid dedicated uplink control channel resource configuration can be ascertained by a device. A number of symbols for an uplink control channel can be determined in response to ascertaining a lack of a valid dedicated uplink control channel resource configuration. A downlink message can be received. The downlink message can be based on a device identity of the device. A HARQ-ACK feedback can be transmitted on the uplink control channel using the determined number of symbols in response to receiving the downlink message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Hyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia, Ravi Kuchibhotla
  • Mobile and adaptable fitness system
    Patent number: 10737175
    Abstract: A mobile and adaptable fitness system allows a fitness device to be used to control an application running on a host device. The system includes one or more controllers, a motion sensing device, and a host device. The hand controllers may be mounted on the handlebars of the fitness device or held in a user's hands and include buttons that the user can press. The motion sensing device may be mounted on the user or on a moving part of the fitness device and contains sensors that capture motion performed by the user. The host device receives input data from the hand controllers and the motion sensing device and generates an activity vector representing the intensity at which the user performs a fitness activity. Based on the activity vector, the host device controls an object in an application, such as a character, based on the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BLUE GOJI LLC
    Inventors: Charles Huang, Christopher A. Larkin, Steven S. L. Toh, Koley C. Porter, Glenn F. Maynard, Coleman F. Fung
  • Device that generates salt-state information of a road
    Patent number: 10739258
    Abstract: In order to obtain information about a salt-state of a road independently of drivers, a method that generates information about the salt-state of a road is specified that includes a determination of salt-state-dependent measurement values, processing of the measurement values into information about the salt-state of the road and outputting of the information about the salt-state of the road. A corresponding device that generates information about the salt-state of a road comprises sensors that determine of salt-state-dependent measurement values, a processing unit that is configured to process determined measurement values into information about the salt-state of the road, and output the information about the salt-state of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stefan, Uwe Gussen, Christoph Arndt, Frank Petri
  • Wearable drumstick holder providing tear-away retrieval and integrated practice pad
    Patent number: 10741152
    Abstract: Provided is a wearable drumstick holding apparatus with an integrated practice pad that may wrap around and attach to a user's leg or thigh, and that may provide tear-away rapid retrieval of drumsticks. The apparatus may include an elastic base and connectors on either side of the base. The apparatus may include a pocket about a distal end of the base. The pocket imposes a force about a first segment of an object inserted into the pocket. The apparatus may include a tear-away retainer about a proximate end of the base. The tear-away retainer may be permanently attached to the base on a first side, and may attach and detach from the base about an opposite second side. The tear-away retainer retains the object about a different second segment of the object, and releases the object by detaching the second side in response to a pull force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHAHINIAN DRUM ACCESSORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Shahinian, Ronald Girgis
  • Wire release mechanism
    Patent number: 10737814
    Abstract: A wire release mechanism for securing an end of a wire during a wire tying cycle is provided. The wire release mechanism may secure a first end of a wire around a bale of recycled material during knotting of the wire. The wire release mechanism may include a wire release portion having an engaging surface and the wire release portion may be movable between an open and closed position. The wire release mechanism may further include a gripping arm movable between a first position and a second position and having a retractable surface. The engaging surface may disengage the wire based on movement from the closed position to the open position. Further, the retractable surface may engage against the first end of the wire based on movement from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Accent Wire Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Mark Vaughn
  • Customizable light-up device
    Patent number: 10738972
    Abstract: A customizable light-up device is disclosed herein. Such a device may include a motorized assembly that is configured to rotate about an axis, where the motorized assembly includes at least one LED; an object affixed to the motorized assembly, where the object is configured to rotate about the axis with the motorized assembly and configured to radiate or transmit light; a plurality of extension elements, where each of the plurality of extension elements is configured to transmit light; where the motorized assembly and the object each include one or more release coupling mechanisms configured to make an electrical connection and of receiving a first end of one of the plurality of extension elements; a power source configured to connect to the motorized assembly and the object; and a user-actuated control operable to adjust power provided by the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LightUpToys.com LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Kelly, Max Armendariz Lalama, Macaulay Bruton, Christopher Kelly
  • Automated speech-to-text processing and analysis of call data apparatuses, methods and systems
    Patent number: 10742799
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system, apparatus, and method that obtains audio and metadata information from voice calls, generates textual transcripts from those calls, and makes the resulting data searchable via a user interface. The system converts audio data from one or more sources (such as a telecommunications provider) into searchable usable text transcripts. One use of which is law enforcement and intelligence work. Another use relates to call centers to improve quality and track customer service history. Searches can be performed for callers, callees, keywords, and/or other information in calls across the system. The system can also generate automatic alerts based on callers, callees, keywords, phone numbers, and/or other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LEO Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elliott Broidy, James Sexton, Christian Wensel, Brennan Karrer
  • Serial peripheral interface filter for processor security
    Patent number: 10740252
    Abstract: A processor may be coupled to a flash memory by way of an interface. The processor may be caused to read and/or write data, such as computer executable instructions, from/to the flash memory via the interface. An interface filter may be interposed between the processor and the flash memory to enhance the security and validity of data transactions associated with the processor and the flash memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan David Kelly, Christopher Lawrence Weimer, Mark Andrew Shaw, Priya Raghu
  • Communication system
    Patent number: 10742929
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums which determine whether a computer participating in a network-based conversation deliberately left the network-based conversation. A time period is selected in response to the determination of whether the computer deliberately left the network conversation. After the time period has elapsed, removing a graphical indication of the computing device from a display of a second computing device still part of the network-based conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Gareth Dove, Mohammed Ladha, Lee Christopher Pethers
  • Process of printing polyester
    Patent number: 10738419
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for printing on polyester fabric comprising (1) contacting polyester fabric with an aqueous solution comprising (A) 5% to 35% by weight of at least one multivalent cationic salt; (B) 0.1% to 5% by weight of a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent, and (C) 3% to 40% by weight of a waterborne resin, all percentages based on the weight of the aqueous solution; (2) drying the polyester fabric to remove the water from the polyester fabric; and (3) digitally printing the pretreated and coated polyester fabric with a water-based textile ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: EASTERN TECH LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Chastain, Christopher Chen, James DeMarco, Benjamin Norman Lane, Shawn Liu
  • Methods and systems for adjusting heater power of an oxygen sensor to reduce degradation from water
    Patent number: 10738726
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting heater power of an oxygen sensor. In one example, a method for an engine includes adjusting heater power of a heating element of the oxygen sensor when the heater power increases by a threshold amount. The method includes subsequently increasing heater power back to a baseline power level responsive to a temperature of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Michael McQuillen, Daniel A. Makled, Richard E. Soltis, Stephen B. Smith
  • Security tag with label display
    Patent number: D892660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sensormatic Eletronics, LLC
    Inventors: Sergio M. Perez, Patrick Claeys